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Nitesh Rane targets Mumbai's Gujarati community once again
National | Nov 06, 2014, 06:14 PM ISTMumbai: Congress MLA Nitesh Rane has stoked a controversy by saying that he wants to begin Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Clean India' campaign from Mumbai by cleaning the city of all the Gujaratis who hate
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Bengal Governor stresses coordinated effort against terror
National | Nov 05, 2014, 08:39 PM ISTKolkata: With the central intelligence agencies issuing a warning that Kolkata and its port areas might face a terror attack, West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today emphasised the need for a coordinated effort of
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Karnataka Home Minister faults the media for projecting Bengaluru as œrape city
National | Nov 05, 2014, 08:15 PM ISTBengaluru: Facing heat over increasing sexual assaults of minor girls in schools, Karnataka Home Minister K J George today waded into a controversy as he blamed the media for highlighting “only such news” and projecting
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Bukhari row: Court accepts plea, to hear matter on Nov 26
India | Nov 05, 2014, 07:51 PM ISTDeoria: An application has been moved in a court here against Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for not inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his son's anointment as the next chief
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Social media being used to instigate communal riots: Rajnath Singh
National | Nov 05, 2014, 07:27 PM ISTMonaco: Seeking global cooperation in combating cyber-crime, India has said social media is increasingly being used to instigate communal riots and women and children are equally vulnerable in cyberspace as in the real world.Addressing the
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BJP questions minority quota in Samajwadi Pension Scheme
National | Nov 05, 2014, 06:33 PM ISTLucknow: The BJP Wednesday accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh of flouting laid-down norms and provisions of the Indian Constitution in its blind bid to appease its minority vote bank.Soon after Chief
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Home Ministry seeks report on killing of two youth in Kashmir
India | Nov 05, 2014, 06:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Home Ministry today sought a report from Jammu and Kashmir government on the killing of two youth allegedly by Army personnel in Budgam district. In a communication, the Home Ministry asked the
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Don't tarnish entire community: Madani
India | Nov 05, 2014, 05:47 PM ISTKolkata: Accusing central agencies and Ministry of Home Affairs of being involved in witchhunting in the Burdwan blast case, Jamat-Ulama-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani today alleged that a conspiracy is on to “tarnish” the
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Bangladeshi Muslims should be pushed back: Praveen Togadia
India | Nov 05, 2014, 05:06 PM ISTKolkata: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today demanded that Muslims who had come from Bangladesh should be treated as infiltrators and pushed back. “Infiltration should be finished in India,” VHP international working president Praveen Togadia said adding
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Mamata Banerjee slams Centre for deregulation of diesel price
National | Nov 05, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTKolkata: Deregulation of diesel and fertiliser prices and the issue of FDI in rail and defence today drew fire from West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee, who said Trinamool Congress would raise the matter in Parliament.
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NIA seeks 15 days custody of Burdwan blast accused
India | Nov 05, 2014, 04:07 PM ISTKolkata: The NIA, investigating the Burdwan blast case, today prayed before a city court for 15 days' custody of accused Abdul Hakim, who was released from hospital after undergoing treatment for injuries incurred during the
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Mayawati seeks President's rule in UP
National | Nov 05, 2014, 03:48 PM ISTLucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP President Mayawati today reiterated her demand for imposition of President's rule in the state. “I want to repeat that as the situation of development and law and
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Expect Insurance Bill to be passed in Winter session: Arun Jaitley
National | Nov 05, 2014, 03:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the long-pending and controversial Insurance Amendment Bill, that seeks to raise FDI in the sector from existing 26% to 49%, will get Parliament nod in
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No plan to review railway fares: Sadananda Gowda
National | Nov 03, 2014, 10:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Railways has no plans to review passenger fares in wake of recent drop in fuel prices, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said. Any decision in this regard would be taken when Railways
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13 IAS among other officials transferred in Uttarakhand
India | Nov 03, 2014, 07:39 PM ISTDehradun: In a major reshuffle, 15 officials including 13 IAS officers were transferred today in Uttarakhand. Joint Secretary (personnel) Atar Singh said that the Principal Secretary Forest and Environment, Ranbir Singh, was given additional charge
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Six killed, 26 injured in Assam road mishaps
India | Nov 03, 2014, 06:17 PM ISTDiphu/Rangiya (Assam): Six people were killed and 26 others injured in two different mishaps in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Kamrup (Rural) districts today, police said.Five people were killed on the spot and four others critically
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BJP clinches pre-poll tie-up with AJSU in Jharkhand
National | Nov 03, 2014, 05:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today clinched an alliance with All Jharkhand Students Unions for Jharkhand Assembly elections under which its junior partner will contest eight of the 81 seats in the state.AJSU chief Sudesh Mahto today
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Create more jobs in non-farm sector to address poverty: Pranab Mukherjee
India | Nov 03, 2014, 05:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said more jobs need to be created in non-farm sector as employment creation is the most potent tool for bringing down poverty.Addressing a summit on livelihood security, he
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Relations between UP and Centre must improve: Ram Naik
National | Nov 03, 2014, 05:27 PM ISTLakhimpur Kheri: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said that relations between the state and Centre must improve for the good of the state. “Relations between UP and Centre are not like those between India
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BSF alerts positions along Pakistan bordering Punjab
India | Nov 02, 2014, 11:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: BSF was tonight put on high alert along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd across Amritsar's Wagah sector in Pakistan leaving at least 52